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Title:
Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine
Halts Progression Of Disease
In Some Patients
Source:
ScienceDaily
April 20,
2007
A dendritic cell-based
therapeutic vaccine for
pancreatic cancer developed
by researchers at the
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine has
successfully stalled the
disease from progressing in
a handful of patients three
years post-vaccination.
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Title: FDA Panel endorses
New Anti-Tumor Treatment
Source: The new York Times (Read Full Press Release)
April 4, 2007
The first therapy that would redirect a cancer patient's
own immune system to attack tumors moved a step closer to
approval yesterday when it was endorsed by a federal advisory committee.
The advisory panel to the
Food and Drug Administration voted 13 to 4
in favor that
there was "substantial evidence" that the treatment was effective
in men with advanced prostate cancer and 17 to 0 that the therapy was safe.
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Title: Fighting HIV With
HIV: New Gene Therapy Vector
Shows Promise in Penn HIV
Study
Source: University of
Pennsylvania School of
Medicine Press Release [Read
Article]
Date: November 6, 2006
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Title: New Method of Gene
Therapy Alters Immune Cells
for Treatment of Advanced
Melanoma; Technique May Also
Apply to Other Common
Cancers
Source: National Institutes
of Health [Read
Article]
Date: August 31, 2006
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Title: Manufacturing a
More Powerful T Cell Against
Cancer
Source: Genomic & Proteomics
Magazine [Read
Article]
Date: April 22, 2004
